ABING . ALMACEN . AŇORA ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Jan 14, 2015
ABING . ALMACEN . AŇORA
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
The practice of changing people and organizations for positive growth
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Kurt Lewin (1898 – 1947)
One of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology.
Widely recognized as the founding father of OD.
Organization Development (OD) is "an effort, planned, organization-wide, and
managed from the top, to increase organization effectiveness and health
through planned interventions in the
organization's processes, using behavioral-science knowledge."
-Beckhard
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
OD Strategies
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Action Research - An assessment and problem solving process aimed at improved effectiveness for the entire organization or specific work units.
Conflict Management - Bringing conflicts to the surface to discover their roots, developing a common ground from which to resolve or better manage conflict.
Executive Development - One-on-one or group developmental consultation with CEO's or VP's to improve their effectiveness.
Goal Setting - Defining and applying concrete goals as a road map to help an organization get where it wants to go.
OD Strategies
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Group Facilitation - Helping people learn to interact more effectively at meetings and to apply group guidelines that foster open communication, participation and accomplishment.
Strategic Planning - A dynamic process which defines the organization's mission and vision, sets goals and develops action steps to help an organization focus its present and future resources toward fulfilling its vision.
Teambuilding - Improving how well organization members help one another in activities where they must interact.
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
STEPS IN ACTION RESEARCH
Entryfinding needs for change within an organization
Start-up and Contractingidentify critical success factors; clarify roles for the consultant(s) and employees; deal with resistance within the organization
Assessment and Diagnosiscollect data in order to find the opportunities and problems in the organization
Feedbacktwo-way process serves to tell those what one found out, based on an analysis of the data
Action Planningdistill recommendations from the assessment and feedback; consider alternative actions
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
STEPS IN ACTION RESEARCH
Intervention carry out the change process
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
STEPS IN ACTION RESEARCH
Evaluationevaluation procedure to verify this success, identify needs for new or continuing OD activities, and improve the OD process
Separationrecognize when it is more productive for the client and consultant to undertake other activities
Adoptionimplementing processes to insure that OD remains an ongoing activity within the organization
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Changing nature of the workplaceworkers today want feedback on their performance, they want a sense of accomplishment; they need to be more efficient
Human resourcesemployees in the company; large fraction of the costs of doing business
WHY DO OD?
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Accelerated rate of changethinking has changed radically about organizational structures to emphasize faster customer response, lower costs and continuous learning
Global marketthe competition is so stiff; our environments are changing, so our organizations must also change to survive and prosper
WHY DO OD?
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Internal Consultantsemployees of the organization
External Consultantspeople from outside the organization
WHO DO OD? CHANGE
To be successful, OD must have the involvement of all employers.
AGENTS
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
WHEN IS AN ORGANIZATION READY
FOR OD?
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
VisionResistance
to Change
Dissatisfaction
First Steps
X
X
FORMULA FOR CHANGE
To thrive in tomorrow's business environment—characterized by a dynamic work force, rapid changes in technology, changing nature of the workplace and the increasing instability of the global environment—organizational development must be an ongoing effort.
Encouraging continual examination and readiness for change must be part of the organization's culture.
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
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